Pillow slips



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PILLOW SLIPS Jan. 29, 1957 Filed Sept. 12, 1952 INVENTOR. Alfred. W,Fountain .Hl-forney.

United States Patent PILLOW SLIPS Alfred W. Fountain, Bexar, Ark.

Application September 12, 1952, Serial N 309,236

1 Claim. (Cl. 5-339) This invention relates to a new and novel pillowslip.

One of the objects of this invention resides in the provision of apillow slip having its opposite ends fully open to permit insert of apillow therein from either end thereof.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of a pillowslip having opposite ends thereof fully open so it can be easily andquickly turned in side out for washing it from both sides thereof.

A further object of this invention resides in the provision of a pillowslip having its opposite ends open to permit a pillow therein to spreadevenly on opposite sides of an individuals head when lying thereon andthereby provide a comfortable head rest throughout the length of thepillow as the position of his head is changed while asleep.

A still further object of this invention resides in the particularconstruction of the pillow slip.

Aside from the aforesaid objects this invention resides in the provisionof a pillow slip having opposite ends thereof fully open and hemmededges turned inwardly so as to contact the ends of a pillow insertedtherein and thereby reduce the possibility of the same from shiftinglengthwise in the same.

Among the many objects of this invention is the provision of a pillowslip having its opposite ends fully open so as to prevent a pillowinserted therein from packing or bulging at one end as the head of anindividual resting thereon is shifted from place to place on the same.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in certainnovel features of construction and arrange ment of elements to behereinafter more particularly set forth in the specification,illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appendedclaim and, although this disclosure depicts my present conception of theinvention, the right is reserved to resort to such departments therefromas come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a pillow with the pillow slip thereon.

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Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken approximately on line 22of Fig. 1 showing the pillow in full lines.

In the present illustration of this invention, the numeral 5 designates,in general, my new and novel pillow slip which. is formed of materialusually used in manufacturing said articles and consisting of a singlepiece of fabric comprising an elongated seamless tubular member 6 havingits opposite ends 7 folded inwardly and sewed to form hems 8 tostrengthen the open ends thereof against tearing when inserting apillow, herein indicated by the letter P, therein or by otherwisehandling the same. By this construction a pillow may be inserted ateither end of the slip with the greatest of ease and the absence of alongitudinal seam, always present where the conventional sewed slip isused, permits rotation of the seamless tubular slip at each insertion ofthe pillow to distribute the wear around the tubular slip and materiallyincrease the useful life of the same.

Although, the pillow slip is herein shown as being formed of the usualkind of material used in manufacturing such articles, it is within thepurview of this invention to construct the same from any suitablematerial with or without fanciful designs thereon just so the salientfeatures of this invention can be practised.

With this invention fully described, it is manifest that a pillow slipis provided which can not only be easily and quickly slipped on a pillowbut one that can be cheaply manufactured and thoroughly laundered bysubjecting its inner and outer sides to the usual laundering process.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protectby Letters Patent is:

A pillow slip for removably covering a pillow comprising an elongatedseamless tubular member fully open at both ends, said tubular memberbeing constructed of continuous fabric material of a single thickness,and inturned hems at each open end of the pillow slip whereby a pillowmay be inserted at either end of the slip and the absence of alongitudinal seam permits rotation of the seamless tubular slip at eachinsertion of the pillow which distributes the wear around the tubularslip.

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